Qualifying - WC#3 - Fort William -

downhill247com 12 wc3 40 — Bryn Atkinson has flown under the radar a little bit this season, look for a big result from him soon though! Photo: Jacob Gibbins

Qualifying at Fort William is all wrapped up and there were a few interesting results! The top spots were dominated by the local riders all keen to win their home world cup. A few other riders have also put their hands up to challenge for the win, with the top 20 separated by less than ten seconds, this race looks like it is going to be the closest of the season so far.

Marc Beaumont qualified a second ahead of team mate Gee Atherton with Danny Hart close behind in third place. The best of the Aussies was Sam Hill in seventh place.

downhill247com 12 wc3 7 2 — A solid P7 qualifying position for Sam Hill, he appears to be regaining his form as the season progresses, lets see what he can do in the finals. Photo: Jacob Gibbins

downhill247com 12 wc3 bam — If Sam needed more motivation the birth of his first son is another reason! His patch on his pants has Bam in a pram! Photo: Ollie Thomas/kore-usa.com

Big news from qualifying is Aaron Gwin crashed twice and qualified 29th! Still two crashes and only finishing 11.88 seconds behind says something about the speed he must have on this track. This is a critical result for the overall as Aaron didn’t score any points where as Greg Minnaar (who was tied for points with AaronA�coming into this race) qualified in sixth and earned 20 points.

downhill247com 12 wc3 G L — Aaron Gwin qualified 29th while team mate Justin Leov matched his race plate in 13th. Photo: Jacob Gibbins

Mens Qualifying:

1. Marc Beaumont 4.42.44

2. Gee Atherton 4.43.48 + 1.04

3. Danny Hart 4.44.10 + 1.66

4. Stevie Smith 4.45.37 + 2.93

5. Sam Blenkinsop 4.45.66 + 3.22

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7. Sam Hill 4.46.57 + 4.13

12. Mic Hannah 4.48.83 + 6.39

30. Josh Button 4.54.64 + 12.20

37. Bryn Atkinson 4.56.90 + 14.46

38. Mitch Delfs 4.56.95 + 14.51

42. Jared Graves 4.57.63 + 15.19

56. Connor Fearon 5.00.06 + 17.62

84. Dean Lucas 5.05.48 +23.04

Steve Peat was a DNF, carrying an injury he just rolled out of the start hut, with his protected status he is still eligible to race tomorrow, if he can!

downhill247com 12 wc3 52 2 — 38th in qualifying for Mitch Delfs. Photo: Jacob Gibbins

downhill247com 12 wc3 19 — Fastest junior qualifier was Loic Bruni from France in sixteenth place. Photo: Jacob Gibbins

downhill247com 12 wc3 45 — 56th for Connor Fearon, another safe qualifying run to make sure he makes it to Finals. Photo: Jacob Gibbins

downhill247com 12 wc3 d — Dean Lucas just missed out on qualifying by four positions! All valuable experience and practice though. Photo: Jacob Gibbins

downhill247com 12 wc3 14 — Flat pedal fury! The Bulldog, Brook MacDonald, qualified tenth and is still on the hunt for his first big result this World Cup season. Photo: Jacob Gibbins

downhill247com 12 wc3 9 — Remi Thirion is having a flyer of a season, Fort William he qualified nineteenth and will be looking to prove his result in VDS was not a one off! Photo: Jacob Gibbins

downhill247com 12 wc3 view — The calm before the storm?! Will finals deliver a win for a local rider? Photo: Jacob Gibbins

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Qualifying – WC#3 – Fort William

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